Heated joystick
OwnerNathan Jerome Mayerinventor
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This disclosure generally describes a system for warming an area surrounding a control element for controlling operation of an associated machine or device. The system can include a heating element that can warm air in and around the heating element when actuated, a blower unit that can be in fluid communication with the heating element and that can generate a flow of the warm air when the heating element and the blower unit are actuated, and a forearm extension unit that can channel the flow of the warm air from the blower unit to warm a user's forearm when the user uses an associated machine or device to which the forearm extension unit is attached. The associated machine or device can be a wheelchair.
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A joystick handle comprising:
A kit for retrofitting a joystick to include heating features to warm a user's hand, the kit comprising:
A method for retrofitting a joystick to include heating features to warm a user's hand, the method comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.